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Metallon loses US$82m, sues RBZ for US$132m for unpaid gold deliveries

By Business Reporter – Friday 17 May 2019   HARARE (Mining Index) – METALLON Corporation has served legal notice to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and Fidelity Printers and Refiners Limited, (FPR) for failure to pay for gold produced, demanding full payment of amounts owed.   “We have started legal proceedings against the Reserve […]

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Depleted gold deliveries to Fidelity force government to introduce gold support price

By Business Reporter – Wednesday May 15 2019 HARARE (Mining Index) – FOLLOWING depleted deliveries of the yellow metal to Fidelity Printers and Refineries (FPR) in the first quarter of 2019, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) introduced a gold support price as an incentive to gold miners to sell gold through formal channels. Mines […]

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US$62 million platinum plant to smelt 623 000 tonnes annually

By Business Reporter – Wednesday 15 May 2019 HARARE (Mining Index) – SHURUGWI-based Anglo-American platinum miners, Unki Mine’s $62 million platinum plant is expected to smelt approximately 623 000 tonnes of platinum concentrate per annum. Construction of the smelting plant which commenced in 2016, has seen the company now locally processing its mineral ore, with […]

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Zimplats records one fatality during 2019 first quarter

By Business Reporter – Tuesday 7 May 2019 HARARE (Mining Index) – PLATINUM giant, Zimplats recorded one fatality towards the end of the first quarter of 2019 at one of its mines. Richard Mapuranga aged 42 died at Mupfuti Mine in Ngezi following a fall of ground incident whilst barring down. Presenting results for the […]

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RioZim 2018 gold output slumps 13 percent, records US$2.3 million net loss

By Business Reporter HARARE (Mining Index) – MINING concern, RioZim recorded a 13 percent decrease in gold production, with the group posting a US$2.3 million loss in the year ending December 2018. In October last year, RioZim threatened to take legal action against the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). This followed RioZim’s temporary closure of its […]

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Zimbabwe seals US$5 billion mining deal with Chinese firm

By Business Reporter – Wednesday 24th April 2019 HARARE (Mining Index) – GOVERNMENT concluded a US$5 billion mining investment deal granting a Chinese company special mining rights towards the construction of a steel making plant with a projected output of two million tonnes of steel a year for 25 years. The mega investment deal will […]

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Will 2019 mark the renaissance of Zimbabwe in the global chromium market?

By Business Reporter – Wednesday 24th April 2019 HARARE (Mining Index) – THE International Chromium Development Conference scheduled for  May 2019 is expected to attract over 200 local and international mining delegates to the resort town of Victoria Falls. Created in 1984 and headquartered in Paris, France, the International Chromium Development Association (ICDA) is a […]

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Unstable electricity supply affects gold production at Blanket Mine

By Business Reporter – Tuesday 16 April 2019 HARARE (Mining Index) – ERRATIC electricity supply affected gold production at Blanket Mine during the first quarter of 2019, recording an output below target and lower relative to the same period last year. “Production in the first quarter of 2019 was slightly below our target and below […]

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Arcadia Lithium Project assay results deliver increased petalite recovery

 By Business Reporter – Monday 8 April 2019 HARARE (Mining Index) – AFRICAN lithium developer, Prospect Resources Ltd (ASX: PSC) has announced improved petalite metallurgical test work results following a program to optimise recovery by gravity separation for its Arcadia Lithium Project. Following the release of the Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) for Arcadia in November […]

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ZASMF Women’s Quarter to prioritise formalisation of artisanal women miners

By Business Reporter – Sunday 7 April 2019 HARARE (Mining Index) – ZIMBABWE Artisanal and Small-scale Miners Federation (ZASMF) Women’s Quarter has prioritised collaborative formalisation programmes for unregistered women miners through training, technical support, entrepreneurial capacity, access to capital while advocating for allocation of larger mining claims to women in mining. ZASMF 3rd Vice President, […]

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